Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp (9) celebrates after making an interception Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, during a game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs updated Thursday injury report for AFC Championship

Originally posted on Buffalo Bills on SI
By Chris Pirrone | Last updated Jan 23, 2025 3:04 PM ET

The Buffalo Bills are preparing to play the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend in the AFC Championship game, with the winner advancing to Super Bowl LIX.

The sports world has it eyes on this playoff matchup, which features the two top seeds from the AFC conference.

Wednesday's injury report included the following players:

LT Dion Dawkins: illness
S Taylor Rap: hip
LB Matt Milano: hamstring
CB Christian Benford: concussion

Wednesday injury report pic.twitter.com/DmvXYLwjH7
— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) January 22, 2025

The Chiefs also have some key players with significant enough injuries to miss Wednesday's practice.

These Chiefs players were listed on the injury report but were full participants on Wednesday.

QB Patrick Mahomes (ankle)
RT Jawaan Taylor (knee)
CB Jaylen Watson (ankle)
OG Mike Caliendo (shoulder)

No surprises for Chiefs practice Wednesday. Not practicing are RB Isiah Pacheco (concussion), WR Kadarius Toney (hip), LT Donovan Smith (neck), CB L’Jarius Sneed (calf) and CB Jaylen Watson (illness). Here’s a look at Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce during stretch. pic.twitter.com/OKr6AbcMJH
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) December 27, 2023

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was listed on the injury report with an ankle, but was a full participant.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 22, 2025

Thursday Practice Update

The Bills held their usual game week Thursday practice, which provided intel on who is healthy enough to begin on-field workouts as the Bills begin to implement their game day schemes.

Bills safety Taylor Rapp not seen during media-viewing segment. Dion Dawkins was back. Matt Milano and Christian Benford were both on the field (video in next tweets)….
— Sal Capaccio (@SalSports) January 23, 2025

Bills cornerback Christian Benford, recovering from a concussion injury, succesfully worked through drills.

Christian Benford. He’s wearing the Guardian Cap as he still progresses through concussion protocol….. pic.twitter.com/dQJkdwNxoQ
— Sal Capaccio (@SalSports) January 23, 2025

LB Matt Milano can be seen here warming up and practicing without any noticeable impact from his hamstring.

Matt Milano during stretch….. pic.twitter.com/vk73fOy31e
— Sal Capaccio (@SalSports) January 23, 2025

Christian Benford. He’s wearing the Guardian Cap as he still progresses through concussion protocol….. pic.twitter.com/dQJkdwNxoQ
— Sal Capaccio (@SalSports) January 23, 2025